LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander has plans to buy another car. Max Scherzer has plans to never buy another dinner. At least not anytime that he eats dinner with Verlander.

"I was going to pick up a dinner," Scherzer said. "I got a nice little contract this year, but no, he's buying every single dinner this year."

Scherzer joked Friday afternoon about the five-year extension Verlander signed just moments after Verlander spoke to media members about it.

Reportedly, the Tigers will pay Verlander between $180 million and $202 million over the next seven or eight years, depending on whether a vesting option kicks in for the 2020 season.

Scherzer agreed to a contract for $6.725 million during the offseason. He will be eligible for arbitration for the final time following the 2013 season and will likely earn around $10 million in 2014 before hitting the free agent market.

But for now, well, dinner's on Verlander. At least that's the way Scherzer has it figured.

"There's not going to be a single dinner I'm going to pay for," he said. "He's buying them all. I won't even give him a token reach for my credit card to be nice."

Verlander was coy about his plans to celebrate his new contract.

"No, nothing too special," he said.
"You might see a new car in the parking lot."